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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play about a fanatical Welsh clergyman named Judah Llewellyn who falls in love with a young girl called Vashti Dethic, who - urged by her father - has persuaded people she can cure them through fasting and faith-healing. she can cure
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A play about a fanatical Welsh clergyman named "Judah Llewellyn" who falls in love with a young girl called "Vashti Dethic", who - urged by her father - has persuaded people she can cure them through fasting and faith-healing.
  
First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 21 May, 1890 and published by MacMillan and Company in 1894.
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First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 21 May, 1890 and published by Macmillan and Company in 1894.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August. It is uncertain which text was used in this case.
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1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.  
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1897: Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the visiting actor [[Edward Sass]] and his company, under the management of the [[Wheeler Company]], as part of a season of three plays that opened in January.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Facsimile version of the 1894 MacMillan text, [[The Internet Archive]][]
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Facsimile version of the 1894 MacMillan text, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/judahaplayinthr00jonegoog/page/n3]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones
  
 
Richard Foulkes. 1997. ''Church and Stage in Victorian England''. Cambridge University Press: pp.200-201[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=kfAKKd3oxI8C&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=Judah+a+play+H.A.+Jones&source=bl&ots=Ywm98kIzZD&sig=ACfU3U2htcfJ43ZS_eipS3_-mTXUldhbsw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim9b_o18XlAhX6VBUIHayyAf0Q6AEwBXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Judah%20a%20play%20H.A.%20Jones&f=false]
 
Richard Foulkes. 1997. ''Church and Stage in Victorian England''. Cambridge University Press: pp.200-201[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=kfAKKd3oxI8C&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=Judah+a+play+H.A.+Jones&source=bl&ots=Ywm98kIzZD&sig=ACfU3U2htcfJ43ZS_eipS3_-mTXUldhbsw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim9b_o18XlAhX6VBUIHayyAf0Q6AEwBXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Judah%20a%20play%20H.A.%20Jones&f=false]
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.394-5
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.394-5, 405.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:16, 26 May 2020

Judah is a play in three acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929)[1].

The original text

A play about a fanatical Welsh clergyman named "Judah Llewellyn" who falls in love with a young girl called "Vashti Dethic", who - urged by her father - has persuaded people she can cure them through fasting and faith-healing.

First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 21 May, 1890 and published by Macmillan and Company in 1894.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.

1897: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the visiting actor Edward Sass and his company, under the management of the Wheeler Company, as part of a season of three plays that opened in January.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1894 MacMillan text, The Internet Archive[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones

Richard Foulkes. 1997. Church and Stage in Victorian England. Cambridge University Press: pp.200-201[3]

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.394-5, 405.

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